Biden urges action on gun violence after Tx. shooting

A day after an 18-year-old gunman massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas, President Joe Biden, speaking at the White House before the signing of an executive order on policing, said he was "sick and tired" of failures to address gun violence.

Joe Biden, U.S. President  said “Where’s the backbone? Where's the courage to stand up to a very powerful lobby? But here's one modest step. The federal agency that measures and ensures that gun laws are enforced and the Second Amendment is abided by, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Explosives, AFT (sic) has not had a Senate confirmation leader for seven years because of these disputes”

The president said "common sense gun reforms" can be passed that would have "no negative impact on the Second Amendment."Biden and first lady Jill Biden were planning to visit Texas in the coming days. (S B- 2.29)